Arkholme

infobox UK place
latitude= 54.144
longitude= -2.642
official_name= Arkholme
map_type= Lancashire
population=
os_grid_reference= SD581721
civil_parish= Arkholme-with-Cawood
shire_district= Lancaster
shire_county= Lancashire
region= North West England
country= England
post_town= CARNFORTH
postcode_area= LA
postcode_district= LA6
dial_code= 01524
constituency_westminster= Morecambe & Lunesdale

Arkholme is a small settlement in Lancashire, England, forming part of a cluster of sites along the Lune valley, each with evidence of a motte - as with Melling and Whittington. Arkholme has no surviving bailey. This is the densest distribution of Norman castles outside of the Welsh border countryside.

Arkholme was served by the Furness and Midland Joint Railway branch line, until 1960. A tunnel took the line from Melling to Wennington where it connected with the Midland Railway, the next station being at Arkholme.

External links

* [http://www.lancashirechurches.co.uk/arkholme.htm Lancashire Churches]